USS Macon

 USS Macon Under Construction 1932
USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a "flying aircraft carrier", launching Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters. In service for less than two years, in 1935 Macon was damaged in a storm and lost off California's Big Sur coast, though most of the crew were saved. The wreckage is listed as USS Macon Airship Remains on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. (read more)

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Goofy

Goofy gets festive at “The Whoopee Party” (1932) - Walt Disney

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Amphibious Bicycle

This land-and-water bike can carry a load of 120 pounds; Paris, 1932

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Elsa Schiaparelli

Elsa Schiaparelli,1932, by George Hoynignen-Huene, "What a neckline"

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Design for Living

Gary Cooper,  Fredric March, Design for Living 1932, written by Noël Coward 

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Mr. And Mrs. J. E. Bryan

In 1932, home economists championed this thrifty couple’s use of home canning to provide fruits and vegetables for the family throughout the year. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bryan Expert Canners in Their Community  05/19/1928

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Meschrabpom's Group

Meschrabpom's American Negro Film Group aboard S.S. Europa, 1932. Langston Hughes (second row from top, 3rd from the right). Also shown noted African American authors/playrights Dorothy West,Ted Poston, Henry Moon Lee, Loren Miller among others.

Source: flickr | Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | blackhistoryalbum

Blue Devils

The Oklahoma City Blue Devils was the premier Southwest territory jazz band in the 1920s. Originally called Billy King's Road Show, it disbanded in Oklahoma City in 1925 where Walter Page renamed it. The name Blue Devils came from the name of a gang of fence cutters operating during the early days of the American West. Several prominent jazz musicians were members, including Lester Young, William "Count" Basie and Buster Smith. (Lester Young (center) with Theo Ross and Buster Smith. c. 1932)

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Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper in A Farewell to Arms (1932)  

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Tuskegee Institute, Senior Class, 1932

Source: library.umass | W. E. B. Du Bois Library,  University of Massachusetts

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Freaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival (funfair) performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 short story "Spurs". Director Browning took the exceptional step of casting real people with deformities as the eponymous sideshow "freaks," rather than using costumes and makeup. (Browning had been a member of a traveling circus in his early years, and much of the film was drawn from his personal experiences).

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Sari Maritza

Sari Maritza, 1932

Sari Maritza (March 17, 1910 – July, 1987) was an actress in British films of the early 1930s. Born Dora Patricia Detring-Nathan in Tianjin, China, Maritza was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist and his Viennese wife. (bottom photo 1930s by Irving Chidnoff)

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Karbala, Iraq from Matson Collection, 1932

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Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle is a 1932 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer.  On a south sea isle, Bimbo meets Betty in the guise of a hula dancer.

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Chester Park was a popular amusement park near Cincinnati, Ohio. The amusement park itself closed in 1932 while the pool and skating rink were not shut down until 1941.

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Woman posed in a swan costume, c. 1932

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Parisian woman with cheetah, 1932 

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Borris Karloff

William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Borris Karloff, was an English actor. Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of   Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), The Mummy (1932), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939).

Source: wikipedia | freeinfosociety

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The Most Dangerous Game | 1932 | Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Leslie Banks
An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers.


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Gwili Andre

Gwili Andre (4 February 1908 – 5 February 1959) was a Danish actress who had a brief career in Hollywood films.1932

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